Copyright Office Issues Interim Regulations on Preregistration

The Copyright Office has issued interim regulations governing preregistration
of works being prepared for commercial distribution. Preregistration will
be available, by means of applications made online on the Copyright Office
website, www.copyright.gov, commencing November 15. The Register of Copyrights
has determined that preregistration will be available for the following
classes of works: motion pictures, sound recordings, musical compositions,
literary works being prepared for publication in book form, computer programs
(including videogames), and advertising or marketing photographs. To be
eligible for preregistration, a work must be in one of these classes and
applicant must certify that the work is being prepared for commercial distribution
and that he or she has a reasonable expectation that the work will be commercially
distributed to the public. (Read further information.)

November 15

Preregistration will be available, by means of applications
made online on the Copyright Office website

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